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Global health: making partnerships work - seven recommendations for building effective global public-private health partnerships 
By Kent Buse, Overseas Development Institute (ODI), January, 2007
This paper explores the effectiveness of global public-private health partnerships (GHPs). The paper argues that global public-private health partnerships add significant value in tackling diseases of poverty but that the value of these partnerships is compromised by a number of common problems.
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Capitalizing on Convergence
By James E. Austin, Roberto Gutiérrez, Enrique Ogliastri, & Ezequiel Reficco , Stanford Social Innovation Review , December 7, 2006
Nonprofits and businesses are converging - in the value they create, the stakeholders they manage, the organizations they form, and the financial instruments they use. The era of convergence is upon us. Do you know how to take advantage of it?
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained - Risk-Taking Expansion Capital for Social Enterprise
By Tim Freundlich, xigi.net, November 24, 2006
“A growing and global landscape of successful social enterprises, with both nonprofit and for-profit structures, has fallen through a critical risk-taking expansion capital gap. They are in need of investment to grow – investment that takes on the risk of the enterprise. This specific kind of expansion capital cannot easily be pieced together from limited grants, conventional equity or ill-fitted debt. As increasing numbers of social entrepreneurs and mission-based financiers seek to enter the playing field, a question stands out: Can the sector develop new instruments and sets of stakeholder relationships to meet this challenge? This paper explores the risk capital gap and its needs, the existing landscape of players, and proposes some potential solutions. It is not meant to be prescriptive, but instead forms part of an ongoing and necessary conversation between the sources and uses of capital.”
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Market virtues and market vices
By Rowena Young, Alliance, Vol 11, No 3,, October 5, 2006
Is the creation of better functioning social capital markets set to be one of the big stories of social change in the coming decades? Or is it just the over-hyped hobby of a few newcomers to the field, mainly with backgrounds in financial services, who have yet to understand the complexities involved in financing social projects, and whose grand visions will end up with little more than a few loan funds for income-generating social enterprises?
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Exploring fair trade timber: a review of issues in current practice, institutional structures and ways forward
By Macqueen, D.; Dufey, A.; Patel, B., International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
There has been a expansion in community ownership and management of forests. Communities now own or manage one fourth of the forests in developing countries. At the same time limitations of instruments such as certification, eco-labelling and social auditing, which were set up to up to improve the forest sector, are becoming apparent. This report examines complementary instruments such as Fair Trade, and outlines some of the options for building on this momentum and enhancing local returns from responsible forestry.
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Nonprofit World Magazine
Nonprofit World Magazine, 2006
A bi-monthly magazine focused on nonprofit leadership, management, and governance. It has several articles about earned income activities, mainly under “Entrepreneurial Spirit” section. Subscription is required but some are free.
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Grameen Capital India Pvt Ltd
Grameen Capital India Pvt Ltd, 2006
A finance company created through a partnership by Citigroup, ICICI Bank, and Grameen Foundation USA that seeks to integrate microfinance institutions in India with the formal financial market.
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The Process of Social Entreprenurship: Creating Opportunities Worthy of Serious Pursuit
By Aysey Guclu & J. Gregory Dees and Beth Battle Anderson, Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship, November, 2005
From CASE website “All acts of entrepreneurship start with the vision of an attractive opportunity. For social entrepreneurs, an "attractive" opportunity is one that has sufficient potential for positive social impact to justify the investment of time, energy, and money required to pursue it seriously. This note provides a framework to guide social entrepreneurs through the process of creating a worthwhile opportunity. It is designed to help increase the chances of success for anyone contemplating the journey of social entrepreneurship, and it may also be helpful for those considering investing in new social ventures.”
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Should Nonprofits Seek Profits
By William Foster & Jeffrey Bradach, Harvard Business Review, February, 2005
Analyzes the experiences with earned-income ventures of nonprofits in United States. Argues that, contrary to the general perception and excluding nonprofits in education, healthcare and arts, such as universities, hospitals and theater groups, the increasing number of business ventures launched by nonprofits represent only a small share of their funding and financial success is an exception not a rule. In addition, explains several nonprofits’ characteristics that reduce their chances of running business ventures with financial success, and highlights the risks of compromising the organization mission.
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Stop TB Partnership
Stop TB Partnership, 2005
A partnership of 315 non-profit organizations and corporations, sponsored by the World Health Organization, dedicated to combating Tuberculosis.
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Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis
Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis, 2005
According to the their website, “The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis is a free, non-restrictive partnership forum for the exchange of ideas and coordination of activities, with membership open to all interested parties. Its functions include: sharing of information on progress and challenges, coordination of activities (such as fund-raising) and advocacy. To date the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis includes non-governmental organizations, private corporations, and governments."
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International Federation of Anti-Leprosy Associations
ILEP, 2005
The ILEP, in partnership with World Health Organization, the Nippon Foundation, and the Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis AG, are actively working to end leprosy.
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Population Services International
Population Services International, 2005
According to PSI’s website, “PSI is a non-profit organization that harnesses the viability of the private, commercial sector to address health problems, with programs in safe water, malaria, micronutrients, family planning and HIV/AIDS in more than 70 countries. PSI collaborates with some of the world’s largest corporations to implement workplace health programs. For example, Coca-Cola transports condoms in South Africa. ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobile, Esso, BP, Marathon Oil Company, and Pfizer have been instrumental in increasing HIV/AIDS awareness.”
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International Center for Not-For-Profit Law
ICNL, 2005
The ICNL’s mission states: “The International Center for Not-For-Profit Law is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes an enabling legal environment for civil society, freedom of association, and public participation around the world.” They work in the areas of: Legal Framework for Civil Society, Civil Society Sustainability, Good Governance & Accountability, Public-Private Partnerships, Self-Regulation, Public Participation & Advocacy, Educational Initiatives, and The ICNL Knowledge Center. Their
online library is free but requires registration.
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NESsT's Legal Advocacy Working Group
NESsT, 2005
The Legal Advocacy Working (LAW) Group is the result of NESsT's increasing interest in securing enabling environments for NGO income generation. The LAW Group has published a series of country social enterprise legal briefs, including Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Chile, Colombia, and soon Croatia.
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Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress
Center for Organized Participation, 2005
The Arias Foundation was created by former Costa Rican president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias. The Foundation’s Law and Civil Society Program began in 1993, when it produced case studies of the legal environment for NGOs in each Central American country. Next, the foundation began to advocate for a positive enabling environment for NGOs through public awareness campaigns. They are currently working to implement draft laws written by the country working groups in five Central American countries.
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Columbia Law School Public Interest Law Initiative
Columbia Law School, 2005 (Subscription Required)
PILI’s mission is to “advance human rights principles by stimulating the development of a public interest law infrastructure,” with a particular focus on Central and Eastern Europe. The organization has published numerous country reports in the region assessing the public interest legal climate in the country. Their NGO Advocacy Training program trains lawyers affiliated with NGOs in workshops designed to help them hone their public interest advocacy skills.
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The Jossey Boss nonprofit Management Series
Jossey-Bass, 2005
Publishes a variety of books about nonprofit organizations on issues such as board development, finance, fundraising, management, and leadership
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Nonprofit Sector Research Fund
2005
Produces a variety of publications including Working Papers and Books based on research supported by the Fund.
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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.
Sage Publications Inc, 2005
Disseminates research on voluntarism, citizen participation, philanthropy, civil society, and nonprofit organizations. Sponsored by the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA). Volumes of interest: Vol 29 No 1 and Vol 33 No 3.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review
2005 (subscription required)
Presents articles on nonprofit management, philanthropy, and corporate citizenship. Volumes of interest: Summer and Winter 2003, Summer 2004.
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Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures - Yale School of Management
The Goldman Sachs Foundation, 2005
Provides an interesting bibliography under Resource Center – Public/Private Partnerships.
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Helping Nonprofits Do Business
By Heinz-Peter Elstrodt & Anamaria Schindler and Andrea C. Waslander., The McKinsey Quarterly, Web exclusive, December, 2004
Highlights the importance of conducting business plan competitions for nonprofits in emerging markets. Describes the experiences of the Social Entrepreneur Award and its key factors of success. 1 Provides free access to some articles, but previous registration is required.
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The Pitfalls of Profits
By Burton A. Weisbrod, Stanford Social Innovation Review, December, 2004 (Subscription required)
Argues that nonprofits should avoid commercial activities given the legal, and reputational risks involved as well as the possibility of distracting from their social goals. The author supports this argument with examples in United States, and recommends a more favorable tax incentive environment to encourage more donations.
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Scalling the Walls
By Sejal Shah, Stanford Social Innovation Review, June, 2004 (Vol 2, Iss 1)
Describes how an indian NGO has partnered with the government to provide services to senior citizens.
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Scaling the Walls
By Sejal Shah, Stanford Social Innovation Review, June, 2004 (Vol 2, Iss 1)
Describes how an indian NGO has partnered with the government to provide services to senior citizens.
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Business Approaches for the Reproductive Health NGO
By Anna Benton, Commercial Market Strategies (CMS) Paper, February, 2004
Addresses the public-private partnerships between the Commercial Market Strategies (CMS) and a number of NGOs working in the reproductive health sector. CMS provides sustainability assistance to NGOs in 12 countries and holds regional sustainability workshops in Africa, Latin America, and the Arab world, and is considered a leader in private-sector approaches to reproductive health.
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Bank of Baroda and SEWA Partnership, for reaching the Women Micro-Entrepreneurs
By T.S Raji Gain et Al., Alternative Finance, 2004
Highlights the collaboration between the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA, Lucknow, India) and a local branch of Bank of Baroda, a large public sector commercial bank in India.
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The Dynamic Nonprofit Board
By Paul J. Jansen & Andrea R. Kilpatrick, McKinsey Quarterly, Number 2, 2004
Discusses the need for improvement in the governance of nonprofits. It recommends that the board of directors focus on important issues such as clarifying the mission and evaluating performance in the organization. In addition, it addresses mechanisms tha
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USAID Europe and Asia The NGO Sustainability Index
USAID - Europe and Eurasia, 2004
This index measures the strength and viability of the NGO sector in the region. It includes a legal environment analysis, a financial viability assessment and a general description of NGOs’ commercial activities. It is available for several countries and on the web since 1998.
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Managing the Collaboration Portfolio, Strategic Alliances
By James E. Austin et al, Stanford Social Innovation Review, June, 2003
Defines a framework to characterize the nature and evolution of alliances between nonprofits and corporations and proposes a strategic management of these cross-sector collaborations.
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Mainstreaming Microfinance: Bridging the NGO-Banker Divide
By Bibhudutt Padhi, The Virtual Library of Microcredit, 2003
While NGOs as microfinance institutions have had some success in facilitation and social intermediation, there is little evidence of the fact that they have had much success in poverty reduction. In this article, the author recommends the development of a
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Improving Microfinance Practice: “Best Practices” Followed by India’s Leading MFIs
Micro-credit Ratings International Limited – M-CRIL, 2002
Documents some of the innovations that nine of the leading microfinance institutions in India have adopted to successfully serve the poor, in terms of outreach and sustainability. Covers a broad type of innovations in product design and operating practices.
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Public-Private Partnerships in Action
Monday Developments,, November, 2001 (Vol 19, No 20)
From the Independent Sector website "Pact and Microsoft Indonesia team up to increase technology skills in Indonesia."
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The Meaning of “Social Entrepreneurship”
By J. Gregory Dees, May 30, 2001
The idea of “social entrepreneurship” has struck a responsive chord. It is a phrase well suited to our times. It combines the passion of a social mission with an image of business-like discipline, innovation, and determination commonly associated with, for instance, the high-tech pioneers of Silicon Valley. The time is certainly ripe for entrepreneurial approaches to social problems. Many governmental and philanthropic efforts have fallen far short of our expectations. Major social sector institutions are often viewed as inefficient, ineffective, and unresponsive. Social entrepreneurs are needed to develop new
models for a new century.
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The Ethics of Public-Private Partnerships
By Marc J. Roberts et al., Workshop on Public-Private Partnerships in Public Health, April 7, 2000
Partnerships in Public Health, April 7-8th, 2000. Addresses important questions and counter arguments regarding what makes partnerships ethical, the rights and responsibilities that corporations face in a partnership, and the role that profits play in obtaining “social good”.
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Emerging NGO-Business Relations in Central Asia
By Simon Heap et al, Occasional Paper Series Number 33. International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC), 2000
This paper presents the findings from the Central Asian republics of Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan as part of INTRAC's global inquiry in to the evolving nature of relationships between NGOs & the Private Sector. These three national reviews examin
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Promoting Public-Private Partnership in Health and Education: The Case of Bangladesh
By Wang, Yidan & Manzoor Ahmed, “Public Private Partnerships in the Social Sector: Issues and Country Experiences in Asia and the Pacific.” Asian Development Bank Institute Policy Series No. 1, 2000
Health and education are two fundamental sectors that every country needs to develop. But governments in developing countries have limited resources for them. They face difficulties in providing quality health and education services that take into account
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Reason for Hope: The Support of NGOs in Education for All
By UNESCO, UNESCO: World Education Forum, 2000
This document is part of the Education for All 2000 Assessment and discusses the role of NGOs in the Education for All campaign. The paper provides an overview and examples of NGOs working in the field of education. This section provides information on what partnerships are and what makes them successful as well as lessons learned from partnerships and examples of education partnerships.
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Public Private Partnerships in the Social Sector: Issues and Country Experiences in Asia and the Pacific.
By Wang, Yidan & Manzoor Ahmed, Asian Development Bank Institute Policy Series No. 1, 2000
Discusses BRAC, Grameen Bank, and other health care NGOs engaged in partnership with corporations.
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Government –Nonprofit Relations in International Perspective
By Lester M. Salomon. Chpt 10. & Boris, Elizabeth T, and Steuerle, Eugene (eds)., Nonprofits and Government: Collaboration and Conflict. The Urban Institute Press, 1999
Analyzes paradigms and actual realities of the nonprofit sectors in several countries. It focuses on the relationships between nonprofits and governments, and their potential advantages and risks.
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Profits for Nonprofits: find a Corporate partner
By Alan R. Andreasen, Harvard Business School, 1999
Identifies challenges of cause-related marketing partnerships and strategies for making them successful.
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The New Work of the Nonprofit Board
By Barbara E. Taylor & Richard P. Chait and Thomas P. Holland, Harvard Business Review on Nonprofits, 1999
Proposes a significant change in the work performed by nonprofit boards. The new work implies a deep knowledge of the institution priorities, an involvement in both definition and implementation of policies related to those important issues, and a new organization of the board. The authors provide several examples that illustrate how this board’s strategic contribution will help the institution advance its mission.
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Do Better at Doing Good
By Sohel Karim & V.Kasturi Rangan and Sheryl K. Sandberg, Harvard Business Review on Nonprofits, 1999
Develops a framework to identify situations in which conventional marketing is appropriate to promote social causes and when it is necessary to adopt alternative approaches.
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Effective Oversight: A Guide for Nonprofit Directors
By Regina E. Herzlinger, Harvard Business Review on Nonprofits, 1999
Identifies the need of a more critical role of the board of directors which includes assuring that the nonprofit mission is appropriate to its charitable orientation and that it accomplishes this mission effectively. It proposes a framework to help the board to provide oversight by devising its own system of measurement and control.
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Profits for Nonprofits: find a Corporate partner
By Alan R. Andreasen, Harvard Business School, 1999
Identifies challenges of cause-related marketing partnerships and strategies for making them successful.
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NGOs and the Private Sector: Potential for Partnerships?
By Simon Heap, Occasional Paper Series Number 27. International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC), 1998
Analyzes the relations between NGOs and business, in particular larger companies, and their efficiency in promoting sustainable development. Identifies general guidelines about types of collaborations, what NGOs and corporations expect to get from partner
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Social Enterprise Series No. 1: Business Leaders and Nonprofits
By James E. Austin, Harvard Business School, 1997
How do nonprofits figure into the lives of business leaders? And how do business leaders figure into the lives of nonprofits? The intersections exist but relatively little systematic research exists to document empirically this piece of the nonprofit picture.
This article aims to reduce that void by presenting research results regarding the who, when, where, why, how, and so what of business persons’ involvement in the nonprofit sector, particularly as board members.
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Social Enterprise Series No. 2: Making Business Sense of Community Service
By James E. Austin, Harvard Business School Working Paper Series, No. 98-019, 1997., 1997
Business people exercise their leadership in the community service arena as well as the commercial world, yet we know relatively little about the magnitude, form, and significance of their engagement in this other leadership arena. In many ways it has been the invisible side of leadership. This paper documents deep involvement that is important to business leaders and their communities and that also makes a great deal of sense for their businesses.
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Social Enterprise Series No. 3: Corporate Community Service: Achieving Effective Engagement
By James E. Austin, Harvard Business School Working Paper Series, No. 98-021, 1997
Business leaders and their corporations are deeply involved in serving their communities. This involvement goes beyond their primary role as economic organizations providing the benefits of employment and the production of goods and services. A survey of almost 500 corporations revealed that 9 out of 10 have formal volunteer service programs for their employees and that they also encourage their executives to serve on nonprofit boards. Our research documents that 81% of Harvard Business School graduates are involved with nonprofits and that 57% serve as board members. Almost 85% of Fortune 500 CEO’s and senior managers are nonprofit trustees, with the CEOs usually serving on four or more boards.
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Nonprofit Sector Research Fund
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Produces a variety of publications including Working Papers and Books based on research supported by the Fund.
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